RIP Lufthansa's Old First Class

The first post I ever read on your blog was about the old Lufthansa first class from 2010 when it first came out. Sure does seem sad to see it go 🙁

My first First Class redemption was on a Lufthansa 747, back in 2009. Sad to see this product go, but good riddance! Air Canada was offering completely lie-flat direct aisle access in its Executive First cabin already by that time. It was quite something to have to climb over the person reclined in the aisle seat in first class.

I'll never forget the experience though. He First Class Terminal, the drive to the plane, being the last person to board, and my first taste of caviar...

My first ever overseas First Class Trip was YUL-ZRH-FRA-NRT. FRA-NRT was on Lufthansa First Class A380 and Ill never forget the ride up to the plane and the service received on that flight. (Or the not so good coconut soup for dessert). On the way home from FRA-MCO I sat in the old first class and slept like a baby the whole way. I love Lufthansa and hope to fly them again soon.

Well, the 744 with real beds are soon to be history as well, are there even any left (which are sold as F) these days?

My first F experience under the tutelage of this blog was on the old LH F from TLV-FRA-DFW-SFO in 2012. The first leg was on the A340 and the second on the A330. I was about to fly UA in F, but this blog taught me otherwise. I didn't even make it to the first class terminal, just the lounge, due to a tight connection. But became hooked then and there. And to think, before that experience, I thought I did not like caviar...

Yes, I will always remember fondly the old Lufthansa F.

I do think the new Lufthansa F product actually is much better, though - I will be flying FRA-LAX on Wednesday, and I can't wait. Too bad that Lufthansa really dropped the ball on the new Business seats, they are just awful! I try to avoid them whenever possible.

I've flown LH first on only 1 trip, IAD-FRA in the old product, returning FRA-JFK in the new product. This was back when UA SWUs could be used to upgrade cheap Z fares. While the FCT experience was fun, I probably won't fly in first again, because I don't really value the premium over business class. Also, I really didn't like the food in LH F. Honestly, I'm content with UA BusinessFirst. (Please don't ban me from commenting on the blog for saying that!)

@Jue - First class in the 744 does indeed seem to be disappearing very quickly! I was able to snag a seat FRA-SEA for early July, but that might be one of the last routes. Lucky - maybe this is something you can do a post on for those interested in experiencing the separate seat/bed in F on the 744 before it is fully phased out?

My first experience flying international first class was upgrading from a full-fare business ticket FRA-DTW on a LH A340. It was an amazing experience and I had some of the best interactions with the flight attendants of any premium cabin flight to date. I haven't had the opportunity to travel LH F since, but I just booked a return trip from Japan connecting through Frankfurt that will give me the opportunity to experience both of Lufthansa's new first class products (and, of course, the FCT!). I'm flying on the 747-8 HND-FRA and the 744 FRA-SEA. I used United miles to book the award, and while the 110,000 miles for F is certainly expensive, you really can't beat flying both of these products (22hrs in LH F) and getting some time in the FCT all in one trip. Thanks to United's odd/favorable award routing rules, it's the same price to fly HND-FRA-SEA as it is to fly FRA-SEA (and it's even cheaper than only flying HND-SEA by 5k miles!). I'd highly recommend jumping on this (or a similar) routing for anyone looking to get to/from Asia and indulge in the full Lufthansa First experience!

...should read "cheaper than only flying HND-FRA by 5k miles". It would be the same price as flying HND-SEA (not a route offered by Lufthansa).

The blue First Class seat was introduced in 1999 and survived unmodified (seat and sized of IFE screen) for 15 years and Lufthansa was still able to sell those seats full fare in 2015.

SWISS who is now wearing the crown of flying the most outdated seat on their A340-fleet for at least three more years...

So I did some quick research on the 744 FRA-SEA route (LH490/491)...

I read that LH planned to discontinue F on this route as of June 30, but it still seems to be bookable for a limited time. For those interested, it appears you can book F on this route until August 5 (in both directions). After that date, the route is still operating with a 744, but all F seats are blocked.

If you want to travel in F on the upper-deck of a 747 - and with the dedicated seat and bed combo - your time appears to be running out!

In fact, this may be the last opportunity to fly first class on the upper-deck of a 747, period. Lucky, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not aware of any other carriers offering F on the upper-deck.

Flew LH First on 744 from NRT-FRA-EWR in Dec 2013

First leg was in new First and the second leg was in old first (only plane I believe to have it still). Was hoping for new first on the second leg but I still found it to be a good/historical experience. The FAs did a very good job converting the empty seats into pretty comfy beds.

My first LH F was a free upgrade from C which was an award redemption. Also I just dropped from a SEN to to the silver level so I could not figure out how an FTL on an award C was upgraded to F. This was out of IAD and back then LH didn't have their own lounge. My name was called and I was asked the magical questions: "Are you traveling alone? They upgraded you to first. I was handed my new boarding pass, yet it wasn't printed on the F class stock - I didn't complain.
Since then I have flown LH F many times and the hard product experience has been good most of the times.

My first FIRST was with lufthansa, with tam points in 2013, only 60000 at that time, now it is 200000!!! It was FRA GRU with the 747-400, second best flight ever for me, after the A380 first of Qatar